Week 3 (April 2-5)

T (D) Continue to work on projects.
HW: Post reports to Student Learning Teams.

Sample News Article:

"Katniss Almost Said No to Hunger Games"
(Teen Tribune)

Sample Informational Web Page (designed with "flyer" template in Word):
Screen Shot 2013-04-01 at 8.21.17 AM.png

Web version. (Private: requires password)

W: (E) 5A: Student Learning Teams; 5 B: Work on projects.

HW: Independent reading; catch up on project work if needed.

Th (F) 5A: Work on projects; 5B: Student Learning Teams
HW: Independent reading; catch upon project work if needed. Projects due at the beginning of class tomorrow. Web page designers, newspaper article writers: if you are finished, send a digital copy to sdavis@stmes.org or share via your USB drive.

F (A):Continue work on projects as needed.
HW: Complete projects as needed (send digital copy to sdavis@stmes.org OR be prepared to share a copy via USB drive on Monday; independent reading.

Week 4 (April 8-12)
M (B) Projects due (let me know on Monday if you have any problems); introduction to reading plays; show Digital Stories
Hand out The Miracle Worker
Discuss: What is different about reading plays? What do you predict about this play based on the book cover?
Read silently as I check in your Independent Reading Projects; discuss opening scene -- what do we know?
Show Digital Stories

HW: Independent Reading
T (C) Begin The Miracle Worker; show Digital Stories
HW: Independent Reading
W (D) Student Learning Teams
HW: Independent Reading
Th (E) Do in class: English Workshop, Chapter 10: Parts of Speech: Nouns, Pronouns (pp. 101-104)
Review answers in class.
HW: Independent Reading

5A Digital Story

5B Digital Story

F (F) Do in class: English Workshop, Chapter 10: Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Proper and Demonstrative Adjectives
Review answers in class.
HW: Independent Reading

5A Digital Stories
https://voicethread.com/share/4250758/
https://voicethread.com/share/4254767/

5B Digital Story